Reeeeeeesult!!!

Oh, here we go again. People who also measure 0 mph to 60 mph times or
poor people, you choose.

 

I think my old 748 was worse when I ran it on a shed load of race
parts. It used to spit petrol out of the pipes if you weren't giving
it a reasonable level of abuse so trying to be careful regarding mpg
was a no-hoper.

 

I don't know my bikes 0-60 time within 5 seconds and I'm not *that*
poor but I do know roughly what it'll do to a tank of fuel so I also
know approximately what it'll do per gallon for different styles of
riding.

Anyone who does a trackday and doesn't know their bikes expected fuel
consumption is a nobber of the highest order and is likely to have at
least one short session over the day. Team ukrm even knew the fuel
figures for the race bike unless I'm very much mistaken.

 

**** me Pip, I thought the Zephyr was thirsty, and that goes to about 120
before the old sphyncter starts to twitch.

Heh, as I found out on the M42 in the rain and roadworks after EOSM 2004.

Heh, NBT, NDT, NGTTS

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11

 

Prevents petrol muppet moments on the roads. I guess that Loz was
refering to exact mpg figures touted by some folk. Although riding a
bike a lot gives you a good idea of miles per fill up, which is all the
level of accuracy you really need.

Prevents petrol muppet moments on a track day too.

 

<Wik mode>

Every litre counted at every fillup, guv'nor. Every litre accounted
for excepting YTC's stint and that unfortunate episode at Oulton, with
their new tarmac in the pit lane.

</wm>

 

Are you sure?

 

platypus said...

Yes, I'm sure I owned a Firestorm.

 

Bear said...

I still own the dealer's invoice. It says I paid 6 fahsand quid for it,
I must have been some kind of ****.

 

Bear said...

Haha, I'm sure I've told you the story before. It was actually 2250ukp
cheaper than it had been retailed at the week before, but still too much
for what it was. Like I said, I must have been some kind of ****.

 

Bear said...

I haven't bought a performance bikes in years.

 

Seems unlikely. Probably a fake to corroborate the memory implants. I
reckon he's a replicant.

 

Bear said...

Neither was what I would consider cutting edge when I bought them. The
9R was 4 yrs old and the Gixer 3. Both had been trounced in the
performance stakes by the time I got my scrawny arse on them.

 

Bear said...

Slow. I'm way too good for either one.

 

"All these moments will be gone ..."[/QUOTE]

"...like brain-cells in beer."

 

Yeah. He nicks 'em from the magazine racks in dealers.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

I once got to reserve in 109 miles on the ZZR11. A quiet Sunday morning,
a deserted péage, a ferry to catch. It would, quite frankly, have been
churlish not to.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of
the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel said...

21.4mpg, good effort that hanky-waver.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

<bows>

<galleys>

<capers>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of
the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

<gherkins>